Chip Roy: “I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. The gentlewoman from Texas asked: Do we want guns in the hand of dangerous…”

“I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. The gentlewoman from Texas asked: Do we want guns in the hand of dangerous people? The answer to that question is, of course not. But the question, the only question that matters, is, who constitutes a dangerous person? Who gets to decide, and why? That is the important part here. That is what we are talking about when we talk about due process. We have laws on the books in, I believe, every State in the Union, so-called Baker Act provisions to civilly commit persons who are a danger to themselves and others. We have such a law in Texas, but we didn't use it. We didn't use it against a young man who wasn't in school, was harming defenseless animals, was talking about raping women, was clearly not well. We didn't use it. There are more people killed in the United States by hands and knives than rifles. I don't want a crazy guy in my school with or without the ability to have a weapon. We should actually be serious about committing people who have mental health problems. That would actually solve the problem. Everything we are doing here today is a pretext. It is a pretext for targeting, confiscating, and eliminating our ability to have weapons. When people say things, it is a good idea to believe them. President Biden: `` . . . whether it is a 9-millimeter pistol or whether it is a rifle is ridiculous.…”